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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30
OscuIatiOn.
Az the Year Round.

The British Apollo, when asked why
kissing was so popular, what its benefit,
and who its inventor, replied, 'Ah,
madame, had you lover you would
not come to Apollo for solution since
there is no dispute that the kisses of
mutual lovers give infinite satisfaction.
AS to its invention it is certain that ma
ture was its author. and if hegan. with the
first courtship.' 1t seems difficult to con-
ceive of time when kissing was unknown
on this island, and yet Scandinavian
tradition states that kissing was first in
troduced into England by Rowena, the
beautiful daughter of Hengist. In Ed
ward Tvs reign it was usual for a guest,
both on his arrival and at his departure,
to kiss his hostess and all the ladies of
her family. Again in Henry's time,
when Cavendish visited French noble
man at his own chateau, the mistress of
the house at the head of her maidens
thus greeted him: 'Forasmuch as ye
be an Englishman, whose custom it is
in your country to kiss all ladies and
gentlewomen without offenSe, and al
though it be not so here in this realm,
yet will l be so bold as to kiss you, and
so shall all my maidens.' Erasmus,
grave and staid scholar as he was, writes
enthusiastically of the practice: IF
you 60 to any place you are received
with kiss by all if you depart on a
Journey you are dismissed with a kiss
you return-kisses are exchanged ; they
come to visit you-a kiss the first thing
they leave you-you kiss them all round.
Do they meet you anywhere-kisses in
abundance. Lastly, wherever you move,
there is nothing but kisses if you
had but once tasted them how soft
they are how fragrant on my honor,
YOU would not wish to reside here for
10 years only, but for life
p@'Gintlemin, exclaimed an Emer-
aid Islander who was holding forth to an
assemblage of men on the advantages OF
belonging to society of which he was
p.esident-'Gintlemin, l couldn't begin
to tell ye of half the privileges apper.
tainin' to a MEMBERSHIP in this society.
but I'll thry to tell ye few. First.
whin ye are sick, it II not be pertaters an
tay yell be gettin', but foine cuts O.
roast bafe an lashin's of the best whis.
key. Mkt, wheny are dead, yell have
such foine funeral that the folks or
the sidewalk III be afther askin', vic
their eyes stickin' out like lobster's S
'Shure 70h0'S in the coffin ? An whiI
We are buried we'll take such exsadin
good care of your wives and children
that they'll all be rejoicein' greatly be
cause they're widders an orphans.
s0rA lady who prided herself upol
her extreme sensibility, said one day t.
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30
PecuIiarities of Customers.

Customers have queer peculiarities,
said an old retailer to an interviewer
on the St. Louis Gr0eer, 'and it takes
long apprenticeship to wait on all of
them satisfactorily. Now, l know all
the failings of my old customers, and
| can get along with them without trou-
Bile. But let new clerk tackle one of
these, and not knowing the peculiar in
dividuals he has to deal with, he will
soon find himself in hot water. So,
when get new clerk, which rarely
happens, for l do not believe in making
changes, l go over my list of customers
and post him as well as can how each
will have to be treated to get along
without friction.
Speaking of the peculiarities of peo-
pie, they are almost beyond belief
Now, have one old customer, farm
er, who would not buy anything of me
If promptly met him at the door and
! asked him what could sell him. Ii
did, he would leave the store at once.
just let him alone, and he will hang
around the store long time, watching
me wait on customers and looking at
one article after another, not forgetting
to nibble at the crackers and cheese
When he has done this to his hearts
content he is ready to buy, and l gener-
ally succeed in selling him a nice bill
of goods.
Another customer is just the opposite
of this one, and the moment he steps
into the store he must be recognized
and treated in such manner as to make
him believe his trade is more desirable
than that of any one else. Then there
is another customer who must taste
everything he buys. Butter, cheese,
sugar, salt, tobacco, sirup, pepper, Gin
namon, vinegar, and l almost said coal
oil. That man could no more buy
bill of goods without sampling each ar
ticle than he could go to sleep without
shutting his eyes.
But it is among the women that I
find the most peculiar customers, prob
ably because they do more of the buy
ing than the men. Their peculiarities
are legion, and life is too short to tell
of them. There is the one who is afraid
she will be cheated in every purchase
she makes, and will insist on some pri-
vate mark by which she can tell that
she gets the particular articles prepared
for her. Then there is the one who
wants 'sampling' of this, that, and the
other thing to take home and trv. in
order to see if they will suit the 'old
man. She is almost as bad as the one
who wants everything a little under
price because she does all her trading
with you and does not trade with your
competitor across the way, and she does
think of giving him part of her trade.
Finally, there is the young husband and
wife who have just gone to housekeep-
ing, but their peculiarities are too sacred
to be mentioned, and l will spare them.
l was there myself once
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30

WA. II. BoSLEY.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30

B@-The gates of heaven are low
arched; we must enter upon oul
knees.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30

a@rWhen man says: Il feel like a
fish out of water we know just how
he feels. He feels dry.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30

s0-A lady who prided herself upon
her extreme sensibility, said one day to
her butcher: 'How can you follow such
a cruel professionl All how can you
kill the poor little innocent lambs!'
Madam i cried the astonished BUTCH
er, would you prefer to eat them
alive p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30

B@- Whatever the newspaper of the
future may be, it will never be what
woman wants it to be, until it is wholly
made up of love verses, deaths and
marriages and dry goods advertise
ment .-BostOn Journal Of Education.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30
How TO Address Your Enemy.

In parliamentary language you may
say that man is not welded to the
truth;
Or sometimes suffers from a spirit of
exaggeration;
Or occasionally finds it difficult to
confine himself strictly to actualitiesi ,
Or is unfettered by the four corners
of hard matter of fact;
Or is past master in the pleasing
art of realistically romancing;
Or is partial, in describing nature,
to borrowing from the pages of ro-
nance;
Or is much given to an artificial re-
collection of misleading statistics;
Or can not distinguish the false from
the true, with bias towards the former;
Or has a distinct liking for the utter
ance of statements of misleading char
acter;
But you must not No, you must
not !! You really must not Call him
liar
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30
1unpKING CIANSES ATTENTIONl

VNT1 can live at home, and make more
1OO money at work for us, than at anything
else in this world. Capital not needed; you are
do the work. Large earnings sure from first
start. Costly outfit and terms free. Better not
delay. Costs you nothing to send us your address
and find out; If you are wise you will do 80 at
once. H. HALLETT & Co., Portland, Maine.
Teb.6Y.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30
How Jenny Lind Sang ssHOme,
Sweet HOme.'S
Brooklun Mo0azine.

Perhaps the most thrilling quarter of
an hour of John Howard Payne's life
was that when Jenny Lind sang Home,
Sweet Home to him. The occasion
was the Jenny Lind concert in Wash
ington, the night of December 18th,
1850. The assembly was perhaps the
most distinguished ever seen in a con-
cert room in this country. The i'm
mense National Hall, hastily constructed
for the occasion on the ruins of the
burned National Theatre, was filled 10
overfowing. Among the notables pre-
sent and occupying front seats were
President Fillmore, Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay, General Scott and John
Howard Payne. Jenny Lind opened
with the 'Casta Diva,' and followed
with the Flute Song Gin which her
voice contested rivalry for purity and
sweetness with flute in the duet, then
the famous Bird Song,' and next on
her programme the Greeting to Amer
ica.' All the pieces were applauded
-A--+i--- f-ii---r--:-s--~f-an- nth,.s;as4:a
audience, and Mr.. Webster, who was in
his most genial after dinner mood, en-
phasized the plaud by rising from his
seat and making Jenny profound bow
as if responding for the country to her
Greeting But when the Swedish
Nightingale answered the encore by
turning in the direction of John How
ard Payne and giving Home Sweet
Home, with all the wonderful tender
ness, purity, and simplicity fitting both
the words and air of the immortal song,
the difference was at once seen be-
tween the mechanical applause called
out by display of fine vocalization, and
that elected by the touch of nature
that makes the whole world kim Be-
fore the first line of the song was COM
pleted the audience was fairly 'off its
feet, and could scarcely wait for a pause
to give expression to its enthusiasm
People ordinarily of the undemonstra-
tive sort clapped, stamped, and shout
ed as if they were mad, and it seemed,
as if there would be no end to the up
roar. Meantime all eyes were turned
upon Payne, a small. sized, elegantly
moulded, gray-haired, gentleman, who
blushed violently at finding himself the
centre of so many glances.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30
Deficiencies.
The EpisconaL Methodist.

Respectfully Dedicated to Stewards who
do not Expect to Come Out-Which
Things are Parable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20

is very excellent feed, both to promote
growth and to fatten. Ii the pigs can
be robbed of a part of their milk, and if
il be mixed with part of the hot pota-
toes and meal, it will very much improve
the dish. 1t is very desirable to supply
the place of insects with some kind of
animal food, and butchers scraps is one
of the cheapest and most desirable forms
of food for poultry. Grain should be
given at least once day with the soft
and warm food. Nothing is better than
sound corn. Old corn should always be
used for this purpose. The new corn
keeps them too loose, In feeding, only
so much corn should be thrown out as
the birds will eat up good and clean.
Take little time TO feed them, and
study aesthetics, as you watch the rides
cent hues upon the glossy plumage.
There is nothing more charming upon
the farm in the whole circle of the year
than a hundred or two of these richly
bronzed turkeys feeding near the corn
crib. You can afford to enjoy the disap-
pearance of corn while the turkeys are
increasing IN weight. Dreams of full
wallet at Thanksgiving and Christmas
will not harm you as you look on this in
teresting sight.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20
Home Life in the Country
National stockmau,


Too many of our farmers homes are
merely so in name. They are not homes
only places to stay. Do not think
that we are insinuating that you must
rush right off and spend $1,000 in buy
ing new furniture, carpets and an organ.
Not at all, One of the "homeyest" places
we ever saw was one that was entirely
innocent CT any extravaganza in that
line. Three hundred dollars would have
covered the cost of all the furniture in
the house; but it was a place we always
enjoyed visiting. The head of the fam
lily was always ready TO take a hand in a
game, and his nine children always
hearty and full of fun and did not care
TO go out in the evenings. Tho girls did
sewing and knitting as they grew old
enough, and the boys were often found
making something's but no evening
passed that some one did not have some
thing to read to the others-an anecdote
or a story something either to amuse or
instruct. Rnt the main secret of their
happiness, if it was a secret lay in the
fact that worrying and fretting were ban
ished One growler or fretter will spoil
a whole family. Fathers, mothers, don't
allow fault-finding spirit to spoil the
pleasures of a family circle. Don't in
dulge in it yourselves, Have as cosy and
comfortable home as you can afford
but don't mourn over what you have not
Rather rejoice in what you have and be
thankful
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20
FARM NOTES.

Do not cook good, sound wholesome
roots or grain for stock.
Now is the time to look over the seed
catalogues and make selections.
1t is said that if apples be fed to COWS
the flow of milk will be greatly dimin-
ished.
Silos constructed from wood are grow
ing in favor among the Wisconsin farm
ers.
Dry earth or muck in the stable will
save manure and keep the milk from be-
ing tainted.
The Crown Prince of Germany sells
1000 quarts of milk every day from his
farm at Panetz, near Berlin.
Some dairymen save the last fourth of
the milk from the COW in separate yes
sci and pour it directly into cream
jar.
Frozen apples may be utilized by being
made into cider. Some varieties will
yield more juice after being frozen than
before.
Secretary Shaffer states that the use of
pyrethum on cabbage plants to kill the
worms has bees attended with entire sue
cess.
German cattle food, which had large
sale, was found to contain vegetable ivory
turnings IS parts and common salt II
parts in 100; value, nil.
Irregular feeding will do more to cause
cows to dry off than any other method
while the practice is extravagant, Undue.
ing waste and losing time.
If your hay is falling short cut the hay
and straw together, and bran and shorts
with a very little salt water enough to
moisten the mass, and the whole will be
eaten.
If butter makers only possessed hall
the strength which much of their pro
duct does early in its career, they
could defy competition with !arge-sized
defy.
There never was time when so many
minds were at work or so many eff
forts made in various directions to ad
vance the practice and science of agricul-
ture.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20

John T.. Parmly, of Monmouth, n. j.,
writes TO the Country Gentleman There
have been two or three articles of late in
your valuable paper about drainage. As
/ have done good deal of it on my farm
| take the liberty of adding my eX-
perience to that of the former writer's.
| should judge from the descriptions
that round tiles we're the ones used. l
use horseshoe tile laid on one-inch hem
lock boards, the joints being covered
either by sea-weed, straw or sod, the last
covering being the kind | prefer. The
water in this kind of tile is given freer
run on a sixteen-foot board than when it
is meeting with more or less of an OBJ
struction at much shorter distance in
case of the round tiles-the frequent
joints at the bottom being the Interrupt
ton l have reference to, Especially in
soft, spriAgy bottoms prefer the boards
and horseshoe tiles as a better grade, and
more rapid ingress of water is afforded,
for the horseshoe tile is five times as
efficient in carrying off water as the round
tile of the same proportions.
When not stopped by roots of trees or
other rubbishall is rubbish that is allow
ed to grow near drain which will effec-
tually stop lt-these drains have worked
well for thirty years | mention this
date because the first horse. shoe tile
draining done in this part of the country
was done by a Scotchman, Mr.. Chapman.
He did miles OF undertaking on this
farm. He used at times sole tile, which
did not prove as satisfactory as the horse
shoe
Drainage is of the utmost importance,
as have noticed in my corn the ratio &c
one to two and one to three between land
removed a long distance from a drain,
and thoroughly drained land. / will say
nothing about the price of digging, fill
ing IN, etc, except that where you have a
long, straight deep ditch, You may use a
ditching or mari pillow to advantage, thus
loosening the hard ground, in case you
are ditching in a dry time, and then fill in
with the scoop or side.hill plow-being
careful at first to fill in by hand at least
one foot of well pulverized Earth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20
Firming the Soil After Planting.

The importance of pressing down soil
! tbs. covers seed especially small seed,
1 s well understood by successful Guilt
IVA ors. but there are many careless cult
Eyators who, if they realize the Importance
H. often put the seed into the ground and
cave the soil Immediately above seed al
Eogether too light, so much so that seed
! gill fail to come up until after good
Shower. While it is important to have
/ he soil directly over the seed pressed
3rmly, it is also important to have the
&oi frmed between the rows. In sowing
Small garden seeds, whatever is used to
*irm the soil with should press only few
3uches in width over the seed and should
hot be heavy enough to press the soil
more than one or two inches deeper than
fhe seed is planted; for to press the
x,round four or FIVE inches in depth is to
Blestroy the advantage gained by blowing
! md cultivating the laud, for this reason
It is not good policy to press the ground
Except over the rows where the seed Is
fplanted, When small seed is sown broad
East if heavy roller is run over the
k,round is sometimes more than the bene-
D. by frming it over the seed. When
heed is sown broadcast whatever is used
D. firm the soil should be very light, so
Is 20 press only slight depth below the
Surface. The object of frming the soil
being only to cause the seed to sprout
bind to better support the young plant the
Eirst few days after it is above ground,
he soil should be pressed only hard
Enough to accomplish this purpose.
Small seed that are covered only half
Ench in depth will not in a dry time re-
Beiye any moisture if the soil is not firm
d. because light garden soil will dry
That depth in a very short time after it Is
Started up to plant the seed, so that seed
u thus planted will not grow until the
&grOund is moistened and beat down by a
heavy shower. If a light shower comes
y may moisten the seed just enough to
prout it, and then if several hot dry
Slays follow the sprout will dry up, and
#he seed is thus destroyed, but when an
4nch of the top of the soil is frmed it
will retain the moisture long enough for
he seed to sprout and send down roots
&ntO the moist soil below, and so before
he surface becomes very dry the roots
Swill have penetrated the earth far enough
Il o supply what moisture the plant needs.
In frming the soil it is important that
u he condition of the land should be con
n idered; some soils need firming much
: nore than others; a wet, moist soil needs
Put very little frming, because the seed
Bwill readily find enough moisture TO
y prout it, but a dry soil needs to be press
u harder because if left light and loose
dries much quicker than wet land, and
#1oes not so readily press together except
#lhe work be done soon after q shower.
4 This. like all of the other operations of
1 he farm, is one that must be governed
" surrounding conditions; the hand that
directs must be moved by intelligence
hat has been obtained from practical ex-
Experience.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20
ARM, HOME AND GARDEN
SOME MINDS.


s,ns minds are like stream; flowing on to the
=. .,ng5 fields where the sunshine is placid an !
,,.s si ths clover w.ndwafted coquets with the
bee
s,rs are like mountain ,Streams as dashing
,.., rosks and through valleys with laughter
q, checked they fluuge on down abysses Of
wrong
,r soma ike great rivers, too closely con
eresk the rocks that oppose them, and silently
\. make axe in their prog ess, grand csnons of the
mind
D.ep. dark, aud myst 'lious wild gorges Of
7bsy NAV seem, and yet in them sweet wild flow.
,,i gepas Of pure gold in their caverns find
foom
9, dao,hs of mans nature are barren OF the
over desc ate rocks swept the winds aud the
Ind the forests arose that for ages have
stood.
over all their fair tresses the ummer had
Her sofs broez4s famed them, and birds of the
Made nests in their branches and warbled loves
prayer.
So over mems hearts ht the sweet waters
And the the rocks shall be melted now hardening
And the vines and the roses will cling there and
grow.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20
FASHIONS FOR WOMEN.


The lgbtest and prettiest styles are in
small, almost invisible, brown checked
cloths, upon silk foundation skirt.
Even plush as lining is less costly
than fur and less heating, while warm
enough for all practical purposes, even
in cold weather.
The back is full and lifted little TO
one side in simple yet graceful fashion,
revealing the silken skirt which is striped
with plush or velvet
The habit bodice has a lacing on each
side of the plated center, and is rounded
away from the high vest, striped with the
velvet or plush of the skirt.
The front is cut in series of plain
panels, hattlemented upon the lower edge
and united together with lacing of cords,
knotted upon the ends, but not finished
with tassels.
Silk and satin lining, sounds very much
more extravaganza than it really is, or,
rather, than it may be. OF course, plain
silk and satin may be bought of high
quality and used for lining purposes, but
usually it is not
Soft twillsd silk or silk and cotton,
satin with only silk face, and Saline so
fine and soft that it is easily mistaken
for thin, twilled silk, is more darable
These are the materials that are used for
silk" and satin" Innings by the major
ty.
The edge of the lower skirt is finished
with band of brown fur, and this, in a
narrower width, is repeated upon the
short coat or street jacket, which should
be lined with plush for warmth and con.
venience of putting over a cloth dress in
climates where silk or satin is not suf1ici
ent protection.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20

fuLE TESTS AND BUTTER MAKING-A SIMPLE
PROCESS THAT PAYS.

TilLk TESTS AND BUTTER MAKING-A SIMPLE
PROCESS THAT PAYS.
With a little system and care and
small outlay for appliances, tests for but
zen can be made with but little trouble.
though the weight of butter is the criter-
lon OF value in butter tests, it is well to
Anow and record the weight of milk. 1t
SlI be useful for future reference and for
'Ae correction of any mistakes that may
occur For this purpose a spring balance
su-psnded in the stable behind the COWS,
where 1t will be most out of the way and
et convenient for hanging pail on. is
ue cheapest and most convenient mode
ol weighing milk, and the one generally
mpoyed. For weighing butter a small
,'atoTm scale that will weigh TO a frac-
ION ~ an ounce is needed The milking
/ 1oud se done in tin pals, both for the
aAe OK ease and cleaning and for accur-
.! III Weighing, asvoOden ones are liable
vary by soaking up and drying out. 1t
'~ greatly facilitate convenience and
-'1,Aay TO have the pals all of the same
'sA'' and even pounds or half-pounds,
llAt the same deduction will always be
N''N = AD9A NtABuh iOA HtAE III
PAN, timer can make them uni
''u By adding solder.
1's' that will not hold back their milk
,7s'on of an extra milking will make
| 1l'ier for being MIXED three times
~. IMAM when MIXED but twice, and it
'- p'rtant when endeavoring to get the
M. possible results to do the milking
guy b1' quietly, and to exhaust the
~, ae'oP from the udder. If any milk
.-.t back 1t will be the richest part of
-.,-'Alng' and that richness will all be
L..osl away into the general system
me time Of another milking. For
,AS the weight of milk, blank
- - With the names of the COWS on the
1t .'4o side, for morning and evening
v'y day in the month. should be
pared In advance, 80 there will be
.''.-s Tor the mixer to do after weigh
mes Of milk but to set down the
r.. WITH lead pencil opposite the
60 zane from. When filled out these
'. near can be fled and preserved. When
7l.Ai lest ia being made the tester
UNI. III 70 the weighing, a. we'll a eyery
yep IN the process. In arranoino